Changing audio settings in Unity 5 with public API

Symptoms

• The docs state that in Unity 5 you can no longer set the speakerMode via API, but instead must use project settings->audio to set this

Cause
Setting AudioSettings.speakerMode is deprecated and has been replaced by audio project settings and the AudioSettings.GetConfiguration/AudioSettings.Reset API

Resolution

In Unity 5, if you want to change the AudioSettings, the new API must be used:

        AudioConfiguration _audioConfig = AudioSettings.GetConfiguration ();
        _audioConfig.speakerMode = AudioSettings.driverCapabilities;
        AudioSettings.Reset (_audioConfig);

More Information
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSettings.GetConfiguration.html
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSettings.Reset.html

This article applies to Unity versions 5.0+